Two restaurants sealed for running illegal hookah bars, offering tobacco products to teenagers

Bareilly: Two restaurants were sealed and five people were arrested after the owners were allegedly found running hookah bars and serving tobacco products to teenagers in DD Puram area of Bareilly city on Sunday.

The action was taken after a few parents complained about the restaurants to Premnagar police station SHO. The accused were identified as Ganga Prasad, manager, Blueberry restaurant, Shakeel, Amit Bharti, Shanu Bharti and Saurabh. All the five accused were booked under the Juvenile Justice Act.

Bareilly SSP Rohit Singh Sajwan said, “We conducted raids at Blueberry and Green Chilli restaurants in Premnagar area of the city where we caught them running hookah bars and serving cigarettes to teenagers. The restaurants were immediately sealed and five staffers were held. The teenagers were left after a warning. We will continue to take action against such restaurants.”